On the eve of their final battle, they are eating in the guards' hut. The fact that they are twelve men plus the leader (Reisman), and the fact that they are all sitting on the same side of the table with their backs to the wall resembles The Last Supper painting by Leonardo Da Vinci. It's an omen for those who die.
Total Recall - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Other than a brief appearance on a video screen, Bryan Cranston does not appear until almost 90 minutes into the film.
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The bank that Douglas goes to is called the First Bank of New Asia. New Asia was the original title for "The Colony", but was changed to "The Colony" in order for people to get the impression that it was more of a melting pot.
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Bryan Cranston who plays Cohaagen, co-starred in AMC's Breaking Bad (2008) with Dean Norris, who was in the original Total Recall (1990).
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Bill Nighy also appeared in Underworld and Underworld: Evolution With Len Wiseman and Kate Beckinsale.
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The folding pocket knife Quaid uses when he breaks into his old residence is a production model from CRKT called the "K.I.S.S."
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The Region A Blu-Ray from Sony Pictures includes an Audio Descriptive Track.
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Second consecutive remake film of Colin Farrell. He appeared in Fright Night (2011) a year before.
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Actor Colin Farrell actually spent a night on the set because he wanted "to see what it would be like to wake up in the future".
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When the news reporter reports on the explosion, she mentions "Fremont". This is a nod to Len Wisemens hometown of Fremont, Ca.
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Quaid works at a factory that builds robot police, a possible nod to THX 1138 (1971), in which the hero (Robert Duvall) works at the factory that builds android police officers.
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Co-Produced by Original Film, which this movie is not.
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There is a welcoming sign at the station in the Colony, at both sides of the Colony's logotype, that is written in Czech and Bulgarian languages: both Slavic languages using Latin and Cyrillic alphabet respectively. Great Britain, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria are European Union member states. It seems at the end of the XXI century Czechs and Bulgarians live in the Colony, modern day Australia, while at the beginning of this century they are not among the 40 largest Diasporas of immigrants in Australia.
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Douglas Quaid mentions that his birthday is August 29. The role of Douglas Quaid was played by Arnold Schwarzenegger who also starred in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) in which August 29 is the title date.
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Quaid's real name "Hauser" was the name of a 19th century foundling, Kaspar Hauser, who seemed to have spent his entire life in a dark room with no connection to the outside world. He appeared as a teenager and was thought to be a heir of noble descent. This theory was disproved later. He died of a knife wound and told that he was attacked (like Quaid) but there is no positive proof that incident really happened.
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The street punk who refers to one of the synthetic robot cops as, "Robo-Dick" is a nod to director Paul Verhoeven who directed the first Total Recall (1990) movie and the first RoboCop (1987) movie.
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Like Mortal Engines (2018), one of its premiere dates coincides with the Mars landing, NASA's Curiosity rover.
Total Recall - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Total Recall - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Total Recall - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Total Recall - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Total Recall - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Total Recall - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Total Recall - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Total Recall - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Total Recall - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Total Recall - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Total Recall - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Total Recall - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Total Recall - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Total Recall - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Total Recall - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Total Recall - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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